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I agree with the others, this is definitely one of the best Johto episodes I've ever seen. I remember the first time I saw this episode. I actually cried a little bit about Charizard leaving, but I was relieved to see him returning every once in a while. And did you guys see the part where TR had to cry? Meowth yelled: 'LOSERS, UNITE!' That part was pretty funny.

A very good episode, I'm glad to see Charizard leave so now Ash has to come up with new strategies for the Pokemon on his team and the ones he'll get instead of always relying on Charizard, but Charizard will be Stronger the next time Ash calls on him. As for TR a big surprise from them actually helping out instead of getting in the way like they usually do.

My Grandmother always said...
"She who walks the path of heaven will rule over everything"

The spelling is supposed to be 'Charizific', not 'Charific', as in Charizard. Well, back to the episode, this is the saddest kind of episode, ever. Ash will surely release his Charizard that was his Charmander when he got it. Anyway, Charizard goes out from the valley to see Ash, during battles in Johto and sometimes, .........it does Flamethrowers at him, the good way! Oh, this episode makes me sad the whole time. *sniffs*

Charizard has been with group practically since the beginning of time, and it was hard to see him go. (Yes, I call it a him. Charla is obviously female... plus there was no shadow of a doubt for me that it was male to start with.)

Favorite part? Pikachu and Charizard waving goodbye to each other. They had a good friendship. ;.;

I hope Charizard keeps working to be the very best lizard he can be! ^_^

I hated seeing him leave but it was still one of the best episodes of the series in my eyes. My favorite part was pikachu and charizard giving each other the thumbs up at the end. Definitely a tear jerker.

Its one of the earliest reasons as to why the Johto saga got so much hate right from the start.

Of course NOW it doesn't matter anymore, since we've seen Charizard come back like 5 times since he left it here, the only difference is back then we had no clue if we'd ever see it again. Funny, this ep aired around 2001 or so in the U.S. Good times.

I kinda hated the part where Misty and Brock said Ash had an unfair advantage because of Charizard. After all he's been through he DESERVED to reap the benefits of getting Charizard to obey him.

Yeah, that really bugged me too. Just because it turned out to be powerful, it gave Ash an unfair advantage? That's like saying that people can't use Pokemon like Dragonite or Tyranitar because they raised them well to be powerful. Not a fair thing to expect of someone.

And with all the effort and Flamethrowers he took, he deserves a powerful Pokemon. I don't remember Brock or Misty rubbing their Pokemon to health until their hands nearly bled (Or did, can't remember... Were they just rubbed raw?).

This was quite a sad episode but at the same time the one full of quality and interesting events which happened in it.I admit the first time when i saw this episode i didnt liked that Charizard had to leave.The whole episode of his leaving reminded me of Butterfree and Pidgeot leaving so this just heated the tension even more.It was kinda sad that Charizard had to leave after so much time being with Ash finally starting to obey him and many adventures which they went through together.However later i realized that this wasnt that bad at first glance.Charizard left to become stronger and him training with other Charizards at Charific Valley is a great lace for him.Besides we get to see him every now and than returning even stronger than he was.

I liked the music that played when Charizard was staying up all night in the water. That was the only episode I'd hear it from (although I think it might be Japanese music from one of the first two movies, probably the Mewtwo one- but I'm not sure).

I loved this episode. I loved the part where Charizard was trying to fly with Ash. However, I think that Ash made the right choice by leaving Charizard. If he would have taken Charizard, it would have been miserable and constantly thinking about all of the Charizards that were more powerful then itself. However, this makes Ash's party pokemon look fairly weak now. However it is still sad that Charizard is gone after all that its been through, including the struggle it had as a Charmander when Ash first found it.

I <3 May.

I do not do competitive battling and I really do not have any desire to. I also do not go out of my way seeking for shinies because I never really understood why they were so great anyways. All I truely enjoy pokemon contests, breeding, and in-game battling.

I think grass pokemon are the greatest ever and I take great pride in the ones I have raised. I also think that Chikorita is the most adorable pokemon ever!

I just got the Mewtwo movie soundtrack today, and I was right- the BGM I liked from this episode did come from one of the first two movies- the first one (that's the one I figured it would be the most).